Luke 8:53

53 And they scorned him, and knew that she was dead. [And they scorned him, witting that she was dead.]

Luke 8:53 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:53

And they laughed him to scorn
The servants, neighbours, and relations, the pipers, and mourning women: these, from weeping for the dead, fell to laughing at Christ, having him and his words in the utmost derision:

knowing that she was dead:
some of them having been employed in laying her out, and all of them having seen her, and were satisfied, and thoroughly assured, that she was actually dead, as ever any person was, as she doubtless was; but they were ignorant in what sense Christ meant she was not dead, but asleep; (See Gill on Matthew 9:24). (See Gill on Mark 5:39).

Luke 8:53 In-Context

51 And when he came to the house, he suffered no man to enter with him, but Peter and John and James, and the father and the mother of the damsel.

52 And all wept, and bewailed her. And he said, Do not ye weep, for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

53 And they scorned him, and knew that she was dead. [And they scorned him, witting that she was dead.]

54 But he held her hand, and cried, and said [saying], Damsel, rise up.

55 And her spirit turned again, and she rose at once [and she rose anon]. And he commanded to give to her to eat [And he commanded to give to her for to eat].